Senegal vs Sierra Leone: Literacy rates among adults

Senegal

50.4%

in 2023

Sierra Leone

43.6%

in 2019

Senegal rank

81st

Sierra Leone rank

83rd

Literacy rates among adults over time

Senegal currently reports 50.4% against 43.6% in Sierra Leone, a difference of 6.8%.

That makes Senegal's figure about 1.2 times Sierra Leone's.

Senegal ranks 81st and Sierra Leone ranks 83rd of 89 countries.

Indicator: Literacy rates among adults
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 89 places, 916 data points, 1975–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the population aged 15 years and older who can read and write.